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Exciting four-year-old Zambardo was one of the stories of the spring, progressing from relative obscurity to Group One company in a matter of months. Originally prepared in Ashburton in New Zealand’s South Island, the son of Belardo came from modest beginnings. Sold as a weanling for just $3100 via
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Trainer Liam Birchley has long earmarked the Listed TAB Karaka Millions 2YO (1200m) for highly promising juvenile Dream Roca, and the daughter of El Roca took another step in the direction of the Ellerslie feature with a dominant win at Eagle Farm on Saturday. Dream Roca finished runner-up on debut
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Progressive staying mare Shockletz proved a class above her rivals when running out a strong winner of the Ray White Pakenham & Officer Handicap (2500m) at the Pakenham standalone meeting on Saturday. The two-kilo claim of apprentice Luke Cartwright aided the daughter of Shocking, who was carded 60.5kg topweight,
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The Brad Widdup-trained Hyperbolic was a comfortable winner of the In Memory Of Sam Kavanagh Handicap (1600m) at Randwick on Saturday as the daughter of Proisir made it back to back metropolitan victories. Sent out a well-supported $2.90 favourite, Hyperbolic was given a trouble-free ride by Tommy Berry, who
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New Zealand-breds filled three of the first four placings in Saturday’s A$1.5 million Tabtouch Northerly Stakes (1800m) at Ascot, headed by tenacious and impressive winner Cosmic Crusader (NZ) (Maurice). Carrying on from highly successful spring carnivals in Sydney and Melbourne, where Group One victories were recorded by
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A four-horse field has thrown up a minor upset at Geelong on Thursday, as the $6.50 outsider, Mark Walker's well-bred colt Golden Pulse, saluted smartly on debut in the 1147-metre two-year-old maiden. The Yulong-owned son of Tivaci was the only colt in the field and the least
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Aaron Purcell’s iron stayer Farag (NZ) (Sacred Falls) has etched his name into Jericho Cup folklore, winning the marathon 4415-metre feature for the second year running under jockey Will Gordon, who claimed the race for a third time. The son of Sacred Falls, heavily backed from $3.50 into
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The Brad Widdup-trained Hyperbolic (NZ) (Proisir) ran out a ready winner of the Captivant @ Kia Ora Handicap (1400m) at Rosehill on Saturday as the daughter of Proisir recorded her first metropolitan success. Ridden by Tommy Berry, Hyperbolic jumped from barrier 2 and stalked the favourite Maid Of Moolah (Capitalist) and
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Gr.1 Australian Derby winner Major Beel (NZ) (Savabeel) was back winning at stakes level when landing the Listed ATC Cup (2000m) at Rosehill on Saturday. The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained son of Savabeel has been a winner at benchmark level since his Derby triumph but hadn’t troubled
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An inch-perfect ride by Mark Zahra has aided warhorse Here To Shock (NZ) (Shocking) to add another stakes win to his belt as the Group One winner defeated the fast-closing Persian Spirit in the Listed Testa Rossa Stakes (1400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. Prepared by the Lindsay Park team of
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Five-year-old gelding Blacklist (NZ) (Redwood) has provided connections with a quick return when winning the TAB Country Classic (2000m) at Rosehill Gardens on Saturday. Identified by Queenslander Luke Berger, Blacklist has had four trainers throughout his career, starting as a Waipa trial winner for Cody Cole before joining Ciaron Maher,
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Five-year-old mare She’s A Hustler (NZ) (Ace High) continues to meet every challenge, defeating more seasoned rivals at weight-for-age in the Gr.2 Zipping Classic (2400m) at Caulfield on Saturday. The Grahame Begg-trained mare dug deep under regular rider Jordan Childs to defeat this year’s Gr.1 Australian